OBEX (Credit: Oscilloscope Laboratories)We’ve all heard it before: “playing video games will ruin your life!” (Or rot your brain, or make you violent, or whatever misnomer your parent/guardian/teacher/etc. If you’ve ever wondered that, then the trailer for Oscilloscope’s new hi-tech horror film OBEX is perfect for you. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. “When I make movies, I try to be open to images and objects that come into my life. If I'm in charge when I'm making a movie, then that's what I want to hear and see.”OBEX hits theaters on January 9, 2026.